2019 New Jersey General Assembly election
Going into the 2019 election, every legislative district was represented by two Assembly members of the same party.


2019 New Jersey General Assembly election, List of races
Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.


2019 New Jersey elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 5, 2019. Primary elections were held on June 4. The only state positions that were up in this election cycle were all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly and one Senate special election in the 1st Legislative District. In addition to the State Legislative elections, numerous county offices and freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There were no statewide questions on the ballot in 2019, though some counties and municipalities may have had a local question asked. Non -partisan local elections, some school board elections, and some fire district elections also happened in 2019.


2019 New Jersey elections, State Senate
One special election was held in the 1st Legislative District to complete the unexpired term of Jeff Van Drew. Van Drew resigned on January 2, 2019, following his election to Congress. On January 7, Democratic committee members in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties selected Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak as the appointed replacement, and he was sworn in on January 15. Andrzejczak was later defeated in the special election in November by Republican Mike Testa.


2019 New Jersey elections, State Senate
An additional vacancy in the State Senate was created by the September 2019 death of Anthony Bucco. The deadline for a 2019 special election having passed, a special election will be held in 2020 pending which his son Tony Bucco was appointed by a party convention to hold the seat on an interim basis.


2019 New Jersey elections, General Assembly
All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Democrats held a 54–26 supermajority in the lower house prior to the election. In the elections, the Republicans gained 2 seats, failing to gain control of the chamber.


2019 New Mexico Bowl
The 2019 New Mexico Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 2:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. local MST) on ESPN. It was the 14th edition of the New Mexico Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season.


2019 New Mexico Bowl
The 2019 edition of the New Mexico Bowl did not have a corporate naming sponsor. The game was going to be sponsored by DreamHouse, an Albuquerque-based company focused on the film industry. However, the company was found to be a fraudulent enterprise, operating without a business license, and the sponsorship agreement was cancelled.


2019 New Mexico Bowl, Teams
This was the first time that Central Michigan and San Diego State played each other, and the first time either played in the New Mexico Bowl.


2019 New Mexico Bowl, Teams, Central Michigan Chippewas
Central Michigan entered the game with an 8–5 record (6–2 in conference). The Chippewas finished atop the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), before losing the MAC Championship Game to Miami (Ohio), 21–26.


2019 New Mexico Bowl, Teams, San Diego State Aztecs
San Diego State entered the game with a 9–3 record (5–3 in conference). They finished even with Hawaii atop the West Division of the Mountain West Conference, with the division title going to the Rainbow Warriors due to their 14–11 defeat of the Aztecs during the regular season.


2019 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its games at Dreamstyle Stadium. It was the eighth season under head coach Bob Davie. They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.


2019 New Mexico Lobos football team
On November 25, Davie and New Mexico agreed to part ways. He finished at New Mexico with an eight-year record of 35–64.


2019 New Mexico Lobos football team, Previous season
The Lobos finished the 2018 season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in Mountain West play for the second straight year as they finished last for the second year in a row and did not qualify for a bowl game.


2019 New Mexico Lobos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
The 2019 Mountain West Media days were held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip


2019 New Mexico Lobos football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Media poll
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Lobos were predicted to finish in sixth place in the MW Mountain Division.


2019 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Sam Houston State
Bob Davie experienced heart problems following the victory, forcing him to cancel the post-game press conference. On September 5, run game/offensive line coach Saga Tuitele was named acting head coach.


2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by seventh–year head coach Doug Martin and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. They competed as an independent.


2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2018 season 3–9 and did not qualify for a bowl game.


2019 New Mexico United season
The 2019 New Mexico United season is the inaugural season for New Mexico United in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2019 New Mexico United season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.


2019 New Mexico United season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of the USL Championship, New Mexico United will enter the tournament in the Second Round, to be played May 14–15, 2019


2019 New Orleans Bowl
The 2019 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN. It was the 19th edition of the New Orleans Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.


2019 New Orleans Bowl, Teams
The game was played between the Sun Belt Conference champions Appalachian State Mountaineers and the UAB Blazers of Conference USA (C–USA). It was the first New Orleans Bowl to feature a ranked team, as Appalachian State entered the game at No. 20 in the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and CFP rankings. It also was the first time that UAB and Appalachian State ever played each other.


2019 New Orleans Bowl, Teams, Appalachian State Mountaineers
Appalachian State entered the New Orleans Bowl with an overall 12–1 record (7–1 in conference), having won the Sun Belt Championship Game over Louisiana. This was Appalachian State's second New Orleans Bowl, both consecutively and overall; the Mountaineers entered the game as the defending New Orleans Bowl champions, having won the 2018 edition over Middle Tennessee, 45–13.


2019 New Orleans Bowl, Teams, UAB Blazers
UAB entered the bowl with a 9–4 record (6–2 in conference). The Blazers finished tied with Louisiana Tech atop C–USA's West Division, then lost the C–USA Championship Game to Florida Atlantic, 49–6.


2019 New Orleans Privateers baseball team
The 2019 New Orleans Privateers baseball team represent the University of New Orleans (UNO) during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Privateers play their home games at Maestri Field at Privateer Park as a member of the Southland Conference. They are led by head coach Blake Dean, in his 4th season at UNO.


2019 New Orleans Privateers baseball team, Preseason, SLC media poll
The SLC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Privateers predicted to finish 7th, the position they finished the past three seasons.


2019 New Orleans Saints season
The 2019 season was the New Orleans Saints' 53rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 44th playing home games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and their 13th under head coach Sean Payton.


2019 New Orleans Saints season
The Saints matched their 13–3 record, after losing in the NFC Championship to the Los Angeles Rams, which included a controversial pass interference no-call on the Rams defense, and attempted to make it to the Super Bowl for the first time since Super Bowl XLIV. Despite losing Drew Brees to a thumb injury for Weeks 3 to 7, the Saints went 5–0 in his absence under backup Teddy Bridgewater and won the NFC South for the third consecutive season after beating their division rival Atlanta Falcons on Thanksgiving night.


2019 New Orleans Saints season
The Saints matched their record from last year after defeating their divisional rivals Carolina Panthers in week 17, sweeping them for the second time in three seasons, but were not able to secure a first round bye due to a three way tiebreaker with the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers. This was the first time in franchise history the Saints posted back-to-back seasons with 12 or more wins. They hosted the Minnesota Vikings in the wild card round, the fifth meeting between the two teams in the playoffs. However, for the third time in three straight years, the Saints were eliminated in the playoffs, losing 26–20 to the Vikings in overtime.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Houston Texans
The game was an offensive shootout. The Saints started slow and fell behind 14–3 at halftime. The Saints offense took off in the third quarter and they outscored the Texans 24–7 in the next 29 minutes of the game. With less than one minute to play, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson threw a go-ahead touchdown to wide receiver Kenny Stills; however, the Saints and Brees were able to move the ball down the field and kicker Wil Lutz kicked a 58–yard field goal to lead the team to victory. This was the first time the Saints won their season opener since the 2013 season.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Los Angeles Rams
In a rematch of 2018's controversial NFC Championship game, Drew Brees collided with Aaron Donald while attempting to pass; the hit broke Brees' thumb, forcing him out of action for the next five weeks following surgery. In place of the injured Brees, Teddy Bridgewater was held to just 165 yards passing. On defense, Cam Jordan strip sacked Jared Goff and returned a fumble 87 yards for a touchdown, which was controversially overturned.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Los Angeles Rams
The loss dropped the Saints to 1–1. After the game, head coach Sean Payton agreed to a five-year contract extension.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks
In a surprising upset on the road against Seattle without starting quarterback Drew Brees, the Saints led 27–7 going into the fourth quarter thanks to two touchdown passes from quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, in addition to touchdowns off a punt return and a fumble recovery. The Seahawks scored 20 points in the final period, but a short touchdown run from Alvin Kamara proved the difference between the two teams, to move the Saints to 2–1 on the season.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Saints found yet another way to win a game without star quarterback Drew Brees and with Teddy Bridgewater at the helm, as Wil Lutz kicked four field goals. It was the first Saints win since week 8 of the 1998 season to feature no touchdowns.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bridgewater improved to 3–0 as a starter with a strong performance throwing for 314 yards and four touchdowns. The Saints defense sacked Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston six times in the win.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars
In a defensive game, both offenses struggled to score as the game was tied 3–3 at halftime and 6–6 at the end of the third quarter. A touchdown pass from Bridgewater to Jared Cook proved to be the difference.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With the win, the Saints improved to 5–1 and Bridgewater improved to 4–0 as a starter. Cook and running back Alvin Kamara suffered injuries during the game.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Chicago Bears
The Saints dominated the Bears with a strong performance on both sides of the football. Bridgewater threw for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns. Running back Latavius Murray, filling in for an injured Alvin Kamara, rushed for over 100 yards on the ground. The Saints stifled the Bears offense for the majority of the game before giving up two touchdowns in garbage time. The win improved the Saints to 6–1 and Bridgewater to 5–0, setting the stage for Drew Brees's comeback.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Arizona Cardinals
With Alvin Kamara still sidelined, Drew Brees returned after missing five weeks following thumb surgery. He threw for 373 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Saints dominated the Cardinals to improve to 7–1.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons
In a shocking fashion, the Saints were defeated by the 1–7 Falcons. Drew Brees had a miserable day, being sacked six times by an inspired Falcons pass-rush; the Falcons had recorded just seven prior to this game.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The loss dropped them to 7–2. The Saints were flagged 10 times for 120 yards in the loss.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brees and the Saints bounced back from the previous week. He threw three touchdowns and 228 yards in the game. The Saints defense intercepted Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston four times, including a pick-six by safety Marcus Williams to ice the game in the fourth quarter. The win improved the Saints to 8–2, and they swept the Buccaneers for the first time since 2014.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
The game was close all the way. Both Brees and Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen played well, with three touchdown passes each. After benefiting from a pass interference penalty, the Panthers were set up with a 1st-and-goal at the Saints' 5-yard line, but the Saints defense held strong, and kicker Joey Slye missed a short field goal. Brees quickly moved the Saints down the field and Wil Lutz made the game-winning field goal from 36 yards out.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
With the win, the Saints improved to 9–2, ensuring a winning record for the third straight season.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons
The Saints played an excellent game and got revenge on their division rivals. The Saints defense played one of its best games of the season with 9 sacks of Matt Ryan and forced 3 takeaways. Taysom Hill blocked a punt early, caught a touchdown pass and ran one in from 30 yards out.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons
With the win, the Saints clinched the NFC South title for the third straight season.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. San Francisco 49ers
In the NFL's second-highest-scoring game of 2019, Brees and 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo threw for a combined 698 yards and nine touchdowns as the two teams traded blows all game long. Brees played his best game of the season with his five touchdowns against one of the league's best pass defenses. Although Brees found Tre'Quan Smith late in the game to take a 46–45 lead, Garoppolo connected with tight end George Kittle who ran past several Saints defenders on one of the iconic plays of the season. This set up Robbie Gould's game winning 30-yard field goal as time expired.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes, passing Peyton Manning for most career touchdown passes. His completion percentage of 96.67% set a new record for single-game completion percentage (by a quarterback who attempted more than 10 passes in the game) as the Saints demolished the Colts 34–7, improving to 11–3.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans
The Saints started the game poorly, falling into an early 14–0 deficit. However, from there they scored 24 unanswered points to take the lead. With the Titans driving and only down 3, Kalif Raymond was tackled by C. J. Gardner-Johnson and lost a fumble; the hit was controversially not flagged.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans
The Saints improved to 12–3. Michael Thomas broke Marvin Harrison's 18-year record for most receptions in a single season with 145. Alvin Kamara rushed for two touchdowns, his first since Week 3 and bringing his season total to four. The Saints were the only NFC South team to defeat all four of their AFC South opponents in 2019.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Carolina Panthers
The Saints dominated the Panthers to end their regular season. Kamara rushed for two more touchdowns and Brees threw three against a bad Panthers defense. Linebacker A. J. Klein intercepted an errant pass by Panthers quarterback Will Grier and returned it for a 14-yard pick-six.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Carolina Panthers
The win improved the Saints to 13–3. However, they were unable to clinch a first-round bye as the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers also won.


2019 New Orleans Saints season, Postseason, Game summaries, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Minnesota Vikings
With this loss, the Saints suffered their first one-and-done postseason campaign since 2010, their sixth straight playoff loss by one score, their second straight overtime playoff loss and became the first-ever 13–3 team to lose in the Wild Card round.


2019 New South Wales Swifts season
The 2019 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts compete in the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season. Briony Akle guided Swifts to their second premiership. Despite losing their new captain, Maddy Proud, Kate Eddy and Lauren Moore to season-ending injuries, Swifts finished the regular season in second place. In the major semi-final, they lost to Sunshine Coast Lightning. However, they then defeated Melbourne Vixens in the preliminary final to qualify for the grand final where they faced Lightning again.


2019 New South Wales Swifts season
Lightning were the champions in both 2017 and 2018 and had finished the 2019 regular season as minor premiers. As a result, Lightning started the grand final as favorites. Meanwhile, Swifts had begun the season as underdogs. They were not expected to have a good season. However, in the grand final they defeated Lightning 64–47 to emerge as champions.


2019 New South Wales Swifts season, Players, 2019 roster
Manager: Dani MacePhysiotherapist: Steve NaylorStrength and conditioning: Lukas CannanJohann RuysPerformance Analyst:Bjorn Maddern


2019 New South Wales Swifts season, #TeamGirls Cup
In the 2019 #TeamGirls Cup, Swifts defeated Giants Netball, West Coast Fever and Queensland Firebirds and eventually finished fifth.


2019 New South Wales Waratahs season
The 2019 New South Wales Waratahs season was the club's 23rd season since the inception of the Super Rugby in 1996.


2019 New South Wales state election
The 2019 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 23 March 2019 to elect the 57th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).


2019 New South Wales state election
The two-term incumbent Liberal/National Coalition Government led by Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier John Barilaro was re-elected to a third four-year term with a reduced majority in the Legislative Assembly, where government is formed. The main Opposition Labor Party under Michael Daley won an increased share of the vote in most districts, though the party was unable to successfully gain support in key marginal electorates. Minor parties the Greens and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, as well as several independent MPs, also contested the election.


2019 New South Wales state election
ABC election analyst Antony Green called the election for the Coalition at about 8:15pm, over two hours after the 6:00pm close of polling booths. However, it took a further two full days of official vote counting by the electoral commission before the ABC election computer was able to project that the Coalition had retained majority government. Ultimately, the Coalition won 48 seats (35 Liberal, 13 National), suffering a loss of six seats from the 2015 election, providing the incumbent government with a slim two-seat majority. The Labor Party won 36 seats, an increase of two seats. Labor, and to a larger extent the Coalition, both suffered primary vote swings against them. Minor parties the Greens and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers each won three seats, and they were joined on the crossbench by three independents.


2019 New South Wales state election
In the Legislative Council, 21 seats were up for election. The Coalition won eight seats, Labor seven, the Greens and One Nation each picked up two seats, whilst the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and Animal Justice Party claimed one seat each. One Nation's lead candidate Mark Latham, who led the Labor Party to defeat at the 2004 federal election, was elected to the Council. In total the Coalition held 17 seats, Labor 14 and crossbenchers of other parties held 11. The result left the Berejiklian Government needing at least five votes to pass legislation, up from the two they needed in the previous Council.


2019 New South Wales state election
It was the first time that the Coalition won a third consecutive term in office in New South Wales since the 1971 state election. Berejiklian became the first woman to lead a party to a state election victory in New South Wales, as well as the third woman to lead a party to a victory at a state election in Australia (after Queensland's Anna Bligh and Annastacia Palaszczuk) and the first non-Labor woman to do so.


2019 New South Wales state election
Daley had initially indicated that he would stay on as leader despite the loss. However, facing the prospect of a leadership spill, Daley announced several days after the election that he would stand down as leader and not contest a subsequent leadership election, to be held after the federal election in May. Deputy leader Penny Sharpe served as interim leader of the party in the intervening period. That leadership election was subsequently held, and Strathfield MP Jodi McKay was elected as Labor Party Leader, against Kogarah MP Chris Minns.


2019 New South Wales state election
New South Wales has compulsory voting, with optional preferential voting in single-member seats for the lower house and single transferable vote with optional preferential above-the-line voting in the proportionally represented upper house.


2019 New South Wales state election, Background, Lower house and by-elections
At the 2015 election, the Coalition retained government with a reduced majority of 54 seats from 69 seats in the 2011 election. In the course of the previous parliamentary term, the Coalition had been reduced to 61 seats due to ICAC proceedings that resulted in the departure of eight MPs from the Liberal Party. The Labor Party gained 11 seats at the election, for a total of 34 seats. The Greens gained a record three seats whilst independents Greg Piper and Alex Greenwich both retained their seats.


2019 New South Wales state election, Background, Lower house and by-elections
Several by-elections were held after the 2015 election. In most of these, the party holding the seat did not change. There were two exceptions to this. In the 2016 Orange by-election, Philip Donato of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party won the seat, previously held by the Nationals. In the 2018 Wagga Wagga by-election, independent candidate Joe McGirr won the seat, previously held by the Liberal Party.


2019 New South Wales state election, Background, Upper house
The 2015 election saw the incumbent Liberal/National coalition gain one seat in the Legislative Council to have a total of 20 seats, despite a 5.1-point swing against them. The Labor Party lost two seats, bringing their total down to 12; the Greens, Shooters and Fishers, and Christian Democrats saw no gains or losses in the election: these parties won five seats, two seats and two seats, respectively. The only gain came from the Animal Justice Party.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
The Liberal Party campaign was launched by Premier Gladys Berejiklian on 10 March. The event was attended by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, former Prime Minister John Howard, and former New South Wales Premiers Mike Baird, Barry O'Farrell, John Fahey, and Nick Greiner. Berejiklian announced that, if re-elected, the government would spend $2 billion over four years to construct two new metro rail lines: one from the Sydney CBD to Parramatta and one from St Marys station to the planned Western Sydney Airport.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
She also pledged to build or upgrade 29 hospitals and clinics state-wide, including redevelopments of the Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital and John Hunter Hospital at a cost of $1.3 billion and $780 million, respectively. Another $917 million was pledged for the construction of eight new schools and the upgrade of 31 others. Another $120 million is to be spent expanding before and after school care to "ensure that every public primary school student in NSW can access before and after school care from 7 am to 6 pm."


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
The Labor Party campaign was launched by Opposition Leader Michael Daley on 10 March. The event was attended by federal Labor leader and Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten, as well as former New South Wales Premiers Kristina Keneally, Bob Carr, and Barrie Unsworth. Daley committed to spending $2.7 billion over ten years to fund public schools, recruiting 5,000 new teachers and aiming to make New South Wales the first state to commit to the Gonski school funding model.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
$250 million was pledged in funding for mental health care, with Daley stating that Labor will hire more nurses in mental health wards and introduce nurse-to-patient ratios. Labor also committed to banning conversion therapy and decriminalization of abortion and also to have abortion performed within public hospitals if elected. A $1 billion water fund was announced for the purpose of upgrading water infrastructure and protecting the water supply of regional communities, particularly in times of drought.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
On 19 March, a September 2018 video surfaced in which opposition leader Daley made negative comments about Asian immigration in Sydney: "Our young children will flee and who are they being replaced with? They are being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs... So there's a transformation happening in Sydney now where our kids are moving out and foreigners are moving in and taking their jobs." Daley apologised for his comments, stating "What I was referring to was housing affordability in Sydney ... I could've expressed myself better, no offence was meant."


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
Despite the apology after the video's release the controversy dogged Mr Daley and Labor until the end of the campaign. The video is suggested to have ultimately cost Labor potential victory in a number of key seats in Sydney with large proportions of voters from Asian backgrounds, and was also likely held back until it would be politically most beneficial to the incumbent government.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
Labor's preference deals with the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party was criticised by Premier Berejiklian, who suggested that a Labor government supported by the Shooters could lead to looser gun laws. Daley responded by pledging to resign from parliament if gun laws were changed, even if the measures were passed by the Coalition.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign
In light of the National Party's preference deal with the Liberal Democrats, Labor leader Daley accused Berejiklian of hypocrisy for criticising Labor's preference deals with the Shooters Party while her own coalition partner offered preferences to the Liberal Democrats, whose platform includes even more extreme positions on gun laws than the Shooters. Berejiklian stated that the deal was not comparable as it only concerned the upper house, and would not affect government formation, which occurs in the lower house.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Issues
The incumbent Liberal government planned to continue with the demolition of the Sydney Football Stadium and, if re-elected, to replace it with a new $730 million venue. The Labor Party oppose the demolition. The issue was thrust into the limelight by Peter FitzSimons, a local media figure, who remarked that he believed that the Government would not win the election unless they cancelled the stadium rebuild. Michael Daley seized on the apparent popularity of the anti-stadium movement to call the election a "referendum on stadiums", as well as touring a "campaign bus" with the slogan "Schools & Hospitals Before Stadiums" on the side.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Issues
On 9 March, Labor unveiled its plan for a "war on waste", seeking to ban single-use plastic bags, phase out single-use plastic, and reduce waste and create jobs by investing $140 million in recycling initiatives.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Issues
Pauline Hanson's One Nation under the leadership of Mark Latham ran on a platform which opposed immigration, congestion, overdevelopment and renewable power, and proposed DNA tests for Aboriginal welfare recipients and banning the burqa in government buildings.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Debates
The first debate of the campaign was held on 8 March on the ABC. It featured Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Opposition Leader Michael Daley, and was moderated by Brigid Glanville. Subjects discussed included the demolition of the Sydney Football Stadium, cost of living in Sydney, transportation, infrastructure, and the Murray–Darling basin. In their final remarks, Berejiklian pledged to continue the current course and finish pending projects, while Daley emphasised his commitment to regional voters and promised assistance for dairy farmers.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Debates
A second debate was held on 20 March on Sky News featuring Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Opposition Leader Michael Daley, moderated by David Speers. An audience of 100 undecided voters asked questions to the two leaders. Issues discussed included stadium funding, climate change, domestic violence, TAFE funding, the M4 motorway toll. When questioned on Labor's planned TAFE funding increase, Daley struggled to provide a precise figure before openly blurting out a figure of $3 billion, which drew laughter from the audience and an immediate "No!" from the Premier. The actual figure was only $74 million. Berejiklian was also unable to clarify whether motorists would be charged a toll to travel on the M4 from Parramatta to Penrith. The audience were subsequently asked who they were more inclined to vote for after the debate. 50 favoured Berejiklian, while 25 favoured Daley; a further 25 were undecided.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Preferences
In February 2019, it was reported that Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and Pauline Hanson's One Nation sent preferences each other's way in the upper house.


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Preferences
Labor leader Michael Daley said the party's head office, instead of the leader's, would decide preference deals on a "seat-by-seat basis". While refusing to rule out Labor dealing with the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, Daley said Labor would not accept a preference deal with One Nation "because they are a racist party".


2019 New South Wales state election, Campaign, Preferences
The National Party made preference deals with the Liberal Democrats and Christian Democratic Party in the Legislative Council, suggesting that voters give them second and third preferences respectively.


2019 New South Wales state election, Registered parties
18 parties were registered with the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC). All eighteen parties nominated candidates for election to the Legislative Council.


2019 New South Wales state election, Retiring MPs
The seat of Wollondilly was vacated following the resignation of Liberal MP Jai Rowell on 17 December 2018.


2019 New South Wales state election, Retiring MPs
Members who chose not to renominate for the 2019 election were as follows:


2019 New South Wales state election, Date
The parliament has fixed four-year terms with the election held on the fourth Saturday in March, though the Governor may dissolve the house sooner on the advice of the Premier.


2019 New South Wales state election, Newspaper endorsements, Sunday editions
The Sunday newspapers both endorsed the Liberal/National Party Coalition over the Labor Party.


2019 New South Wales state election, Newspaper endorsements, Sunday editions
The Sun-Herald described Berejiklian's Coalition Government as "solid and safe custodians, and—despite eight years in power and two relatively orderly leadership transitions—there is no particular sense that the Coalition has worn out its welcome". While highlighting her strengths in infrastructure and economic management, it warned that "the electorate tends to respond to a leader who can articulate a more uplifting vision". It contrasted this against Daley, where "questions linger over whether he and his team are ready to govern, partly because of how recently he was thrust into the job, partly because of past connections to tainted figures in the last Labor government and partly of his own making".


2019 New South Wales state election, Newspaper endorsements, Sunday editions
The Sunday Telegraph pointed out that despite having commenced many large scale infrastructure projects "the problem for the Government is that nothing is quite finished yet". Despite this, it singled out the Labor Opposition for not having "done enough to atone for the sins of its recent history" of corruption. It called for stability of leadership after a decade of instability, recommending to voters that they "should give the Government the opportunity to see through the transformation of our state".


2019 New South Wales state election, Newspaper endorsements, Weekday editions
All four weekday newspapers endorsed the Liberal/National Party Coalition over the Labor Party.


2019 New South Wales state election, Newspaper endorsements, Alternative newspapers
The Green Left Weekly endorsed Socialist Alliance. The Red Flag endorsed voting for both Socialist Alliance and the Greens.


2019 New Year Honours
The 2019 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were officially announced in The London Gazette at 22:30 on 28 December 2018. Australia, an independent Realm, has a separate honours system and its first honours of the year, the 2019 Australia Day Honours, coincide with Australia Day on 26 January.


2019 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by the honour and by the honour's grade (e.g. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. ), and then by divisions (i.e. Civil, Diplomatic, and Military), as appropriate.


2019 New Year Honours, United Kingdom
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Kingdom with honours within her own gift and with the advice of the Government for other honours.


2019 New Year Honours, Barbados
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Barbados, on advice of Her Majesty's Barbados Ministers.


2019 New Year Honours, Bahamas
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Bahamas, on advice of Her Majesty's Ministers in the Bahamas.


2019 New Year Honours, Grenada
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Grenada, on advice of Her Majesty's Grenada Ministers.


2019 New Year Honours, Solomon Islands
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the Solomon Islands, on advice of Her Majesty's Solomon Island Ministers.


2019 New Year Honours, Tuvalu
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Tuvalu, on advice of Her Majesty's Tuvalu Ministers.


2019 New Year Honours, Saint Lucia
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Saint Lucia, on advice of Her Majesty's Saint Lucia Ministers.


2019 New Year Honours, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on advice of Her Majesty's Vincentian Ministers.


2019 New Year Honours, Antigua and Barbuda
Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, on advice of Her Majesty's Ministers in Antigua and Barbuda.


2019 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 2019 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. They were announced on 31 December 2018.


2019 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2019 New York City FC season
The 2019 New York City FC season was the club's fifth season of competition and its fifth in the top tier of American soccer, Major League Soccer. New York City FC played its home games at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx.


2019 New York City FC season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2019 New York City FC season, Player movement, Out
Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2019 New York City FC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Match results
NYCFC announced their 2019 season schedule on January 7, 2019.


2019 New York City FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of MLS, NYCFC entered the competition at the fourth round, which was played on June 12, 2019.


2019 New York City Marathon
The 2019 New York City Marathon was the 49th running of the annual marathon race held in New York City, United States, which took place on November 3, 2019. The men's race was won by Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor in a time of 2:08:13. The women's race was won in 2:22:38 by Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei, making her official debut at the distance. The men and women's wheelchair races, were won by American Daniel Romanchuk (1:37:24) and Switzerland's Manuela Schär (1:44:20), respectively. A total of 53,508 runners finished the race, comprising 30,794 men and 22,714 women.


2019 New York City Marathon, Course
The marathon distance is officially 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) long as sanctioned by World Athletics (IAAF). The New York City Marathon starts at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, New York City. The first two miles of the course stay on the island, before the runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn. The streets in this borough are flat and the runners remain here until mile 12. The runners then enter Queens before crossing the Queensboro Bridge at mile 13.


2019 New York City Marathon, Course
After crossing the bridge, the runners enter Manhattan and run down First Avenue. The runners then enter The Bronx for miles 19 and 20 and pass the 'Entertainment Zone' which includes bands and dancers. The course then re-enters Manhattan for the final 6.2 miles (10.0 km). After running through Harlem, there is a slight uphill section along Fifth Avenue before it flattens out and runs parallel to Central Park. The course then enters the park around mile 24, passes Columbus Circle at mile 25 and re-enters the park for the finish.


2019 New York City Marathon, Field
In the women's race, 2018 winner Mary Keitany and half-marathon world record holder Joyceline Jepkosgei were favorites. Keitany was a four-time winner of the race, but Jepkosgei had never run a marathon race before. Also racing were Des Linden, Worknesh Degefa, and Ruti Aga, the respective winners of the 2018, and 2019 Boston Marathon, and 2019 Tokyo Marathon. The men's field included three sub-2:06 runners; Tamirat Tola, Lelisa Desisa, and Shura Kitata, all of whom are from Ethiopia. Desisa was the favorite, however, having won the 2013 and 2015 Boston Marathon, and the 2018 New York City Marathon. 2017 winner Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya also raced.


2019 New York City Marathon, Field
In the wheelchair race, the men's favorite was 20-year-old Daniel Romanchuk who had won the 2018 edition, 2019 Chicago Marathon, 2019 Boston Marathon, and the 2019 London Marathon. Also racing were David Weir, Ernst Van Dyk, and Marcel Hug, all previous winners of the race. In the women's wheelchair race, the favorite was Manuela Schär who had won the last six World Marathon Majors in a row. She faced the greatest competition from Americans Tatyana McFadden, Amanda McGrory, and Susannah Scaroni.


2019 New York City Marathon, Field
The wheelchair race started at 8:30 EST (UTC-5), the women's at 9:10 EST and the men's at 9:40 EST. The winners of the men and women's races each won $100,000, and $25,000 each in the wheelchair category whilst a prize of $25,000 was given to the fastest man and woman from the United States. The temperature on the day of the race was an "ideal" 45 °F (7 °C).


2019 New York City Marathon, Race summary
In the women's wheelchair race, Schär took an early lead and won with little competition from the other athletes in a time of 1:44:20. McFadden and Scaroni finished second and third in 1:48:19 and 1:51:37, respctively. The men's wheelchair race, on the other hand, was much more tightly contested. Romanchuk pulled away early on and had put a 20 second gap between himself and Hug at the 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) mark, but this was reduced to nine seconds at 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).


2019 New York City Marathon, Race summary
They went through 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) in 31:11 side-by-side and at halfway were both over a minute ahead of the chasing group comprising Weir and Aaron Pike. At 25 kilometres (16 mi) the gap had been brought down to 50 seconds and 10 kilometres later, the two groups had joined up. Once again, Romanchuk was able to get clear of the rest, and crossed the finish line in first place just one second ahead of Hug, as was the case the previous year. Romanchuk finished in 1:37:24, Hug in 1:37:25, Weir finished three seconds behind in 1:37:28, and Pike finished 5 seconds behind in 1:37:33. The men's handcycle race was won by Omar Duran and the women's was won by Devann Murphy.


2019 New York City Marathon, Race summary
In the women's race Linden broke away from the leading pack and had built up a 15 second gap by 8 miles (13 km) which extended to 31 seconds by mile 11, but she was later caught by a pack of four before the halfway mark. American Sara Hall dropped out with a stomach illness after 18 miles (29 km). At 20 miles (32 km) into the race, Keitany and Jepkosgei were in the lead together, but 3 miles (4.8 km) later, Jepkosgei began to pull away and had put a four second gap between the two.


2019 New York City Marathon, Race summary
The lead further increased to 16 seconds by mile 25 and she eventually finished in a time of 2:22:38, 54 seconds ahead of Keitany who finished second. Ruti Aga finished third in a time of 2:25:51. Jepkosgei's time is the second fastest on the course, behind the 2003 performance by Margaret Okayo. She was also the youngest winner, at the age of 25, since Okayo won in 2001. Sinead Diver, at 42-years-old, was the oldest woman to finish in the top five since Priscilla Welch won in 1987. Jepkosgei, in addition to the $100,000 of prize money, also earned $45,000 for finishing in under 2:23:00. Linden won the prize for fastest American, finishing sixth in 2:26:26.


2019 New York City Marathon, Race summary
In the men's race, Desisa dropped out after 7 miles (11 km) due to tightness in his hamstring. ABC News suggested that the cause was his "taxing" victory in the marathon event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar just 29 days earlier. The leading group went through 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in 30:32, and halfway in 1:04:49, with fourteen still present. Brett Robinson broke away from the pack and led through mile 15 in 1:14:13, but was caught within the next mile.


2019 New York City Marathon, Race summary
The group had dwindled to just five runners when they reached mile 20 in 1:38:59; Kamworor, Girma Bekele Gebre, Albert Korir, Kitata, and Tola. The group further broke up and Kamworor eventually left Korir in the 24th mile and was able to win the race in 2:08:13. Korir finished in second with a time of 2:08:36. Girma Bekele Gebre, an unsponsored Ethiopian who started with the open field instead of the elite runners, finished in third place in 2:08:38. He also came to the race with no agent, and had stayed with a friend in The Bronx. Jared Ward won the prize for the top American, finishing sixth in 2:10:45.


2019 New York City Marathon, Race summary, Non-elite race
There were 53,627 finishers from 141 countries in the non-elite race, up from 52,812 in 2018, making it the largest marathon in history. The race had a 98.9 percent completion rate with 578 dropping out.


2019 New York City Public Advocate election
The 2019 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Jumaane Williams, who won the special election earlier in the year, was elected.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election
The 2019 New York City Public Advocate special election was held on February 26, 2019, to fill part of the unexpired term of Letitia James's vacated seat as New York City Public Advocate. It was triggered on January 1, 2019, when James resigned to take office as Attorney General of New York.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election
By statute, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson served as acting Public Advocate for the time between James’ resignation and the inauguration of Jumaane Williams, who won the election.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election
As with all special elections in New York City, it was officially nonpartisan, and candidates who file for the race had to create a unique party line that will be displayed on the ballot. A partisan primary and a November general election were held later in 2019 to complete the remaining years of James' term.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Candidates, Declared
Following ballot petition challenges and appeals, the Board of Elections certified the subsequent list of candidates that are in chronological order of petition filings, along with their unique party lines, who appeared on the ballot in this sequence:


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Candidates, Declined
§ Indicates candidate has withdrawn from race but will still appear on ballot


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
Speculation about a possible special election began before incumbent Tish James had won the Democratic primary for the office of New York Attorney General, with former speakers of the New York City Council Christine Quinn and Melissa Mark-Viverito being mentioned by the Gotham Gazette as potential frontrunners. Of the two, Quinn was considered a moderate Democrat, while Mark-Viverito was seen as being on the left of the party.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
Republican city councillor Joe Borelli was also considered a likely candidate, as the almost certainly numerous Democratic field was considered to have the potential to divide the vote enough for a Republican to win, despite New York City's heavily Democratic lean. James proceeded to win the Attorney General primary, creating an almost certain opening for the Public Advocate seat. The results of the statewide Democratic primaries that year created another frontrunner for the race, New York City councillor Jumaane Williams, who had narrowly lost the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of New York, but had performed well in New York City, especially in Brooklyn.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
The first candidate to enter the race was activist Nomiki Konst on September 27, 2018. Konst, a Democratic socialist, announced an intent to run as an outsider. State assemblyman Michael Blake entered the race on October 19, and Williams announced his candidacy four days later. Williams was considered to be a staunchly left-wing Democrat, granting him potential support from the powerful progressive movement in the city, and his declaration that he would not run for Mayor of New York City in 2021 was thought to potentially allow him to win the support of prospective mayoral contenders.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
However, Williams' past socially conservative statements were considered a potential liability of his, in spite of his repudiation of said statements. City councillor Eric Ulrich eventually emerged as the strongest Republican candidate. A moderate Republican, Ulrich declared that he was "Pro-choice and Pro-Labor rights", and it was considered possible for him to win support from moderate Democrats, but his opposition to President Donald Trump was considered likely to depress Republican turnout. Mark-Viverito entered the race on November 27.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
Several other candidates entered the race over the course of late 2018, such as State assemblymen Daniel O'Donnell and Ron Kim, as well as City councillors Rafael Espinal and Ydanis Rodriguez. Of these candidates, O'Donnell was considered to have an asset in that his assembly district was highly affluent and had a reputation for high voter turnout.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
A total of 17 candidates had their petitions to get on the ballot approved by the Board of Elections. Originally, only 16 candidates were approved, but an appeal by minor candidate Helal Shiekh was successful and he was placed on the ballot. The large field of candidates, featuring several prominent politicians, divided the New York City Council, with few members making endorsements as they had good relations with several different candidates. In December of 2018, several ballot initiatives were passed in New York City that made it substantially easier for candidates to publicly finance their campaigns.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
This development was viewed as harming Mark-Viverito's campaign, as under the old financing rules she had had a large fundraising advantage over all other candidates, due to her several high-profile campaigns for the City Council. Mark-Viverito's campaign also suffered from many left-wing groups, which had previously supported her, becoming disillusioned with her as a result of her tenure as City council speaker, where she had compromised on reforming the New York Police Department and had closely collaborated with Mayor Bill de Blasio on controversial rezoning decisions.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
The issues of Amazon potentially opening a large headquarters in New York and the mayoralty of de Blasio were both highly prevalent among the campaigns. Most candidates vocally opposed Amazon's plan, with Ulrich being the only exception. Most candidates also strongly criticised de Blasio's policies on housing rezoning and his pro-Amazon actions, and especially criticised his plans to run for President of the United States.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Campaign
As the campaign progressed, Williams and Mark-Viverito emerged as the only candidates with a realistic shot at winning the election, though Blake was regarded as being third in the race and having an outside chance at winning. Williams' campaign suffered from numerous controversies, such as allegations that he had not dealt with abusive behaviour within his campaign staff and revelations that he had received 27 speeding violations in school zones, but these controversies were noted as having surprisingly little effect on his popularity.


2019 New York City Public Advocate special election, Results, Analysis
Eli Valentin of the Gotham Gazette noted that Mark-Viverito had failed to win suport from Latino voters that had been expected to back her campaign, which he attributed to both the presence of other Latino candidates in the race in the form of Rodriguez and Espinal, as well as Williams' surprisingly strong performance among Latino voters. Williams' margin of victory was considered surprisingly large.


2019 New York City ePrix
The 2019 New York City ePrix (formally the 2019 New York City E-Prix) were a pair of ePrix which were the final two races of the 2018–19 Formula E season held in Brooklyn, New York around the Brooklyn Street Circuit. This was the third running of the New York City ePrix.


2019 New York City ePrix
Heading into the weekend it was Jean-Éric Vergne who led the drivers championship by 32 points. He managed to maintain his lead to take the championship after the second race, thus becoming the first driver to win multiple Formula E Drivers' Championship titles.


2019 New York City helicopter crash
On June 10, 2019, an Agusta A109E Power crashed onto the Axa Equitable Center on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, which sparked a fire on the top of the building. The helicopter involved in the accident, N200BK, was destroyed. The only occupant, the pilot, Tim McCormack, died in the crash. The aircraft was privately owned at the time of the crash.


2019 New York City helicopter crash
The flight originated from the East 34th Street Heliport (FAA LID: 6N5) at approximately 1:32 PM EDT bound for Linden, New Jersey. At around 1:43 PM EDT on June 10, 2019, the helicopter, an Agusta A109E Power, registration N200BK, crashed on the roof of the Axa Equitable Center, sparking a fire on the top of the building. The first emergency call was made at 1:43 PM. The FDNY has considered the accident as a "hard landing." The fire on the top of the highrise was extinguished quickly.


2019 New York City helicopter crash
The preliminary NTSB report states that day instrument meteorological conditions prevailed (nearby station reporting 500 ft (150 m) overcast ceiling and 1.25 mi (2.0 km) visibility) for the  Part 91 corporate flight, that basic visual flight rules weather minimums for helicopters are 0.5 mi (0.8 km) visibility, and remain clear of clouds, that the pilot radioed that he "did not know where he was", and that tracking data showed that the helicopter "flew erratically" and "changed course and altitude several times". A witness-recorded video of part of the flight is available.


2019 New York City helicopter crash
After the accident, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio briefed the press, confirming a lack of further victims or apparent terroristic motive. The National Transportation Safety Board sent agents to investigate the accident. The accident prompted Mayor de Blasio to call for a ban on non-emergency helicopters flying over Manhattan. Former City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe countered that the mayor had the authority to eliminate ninety percent of helicopter traffic by himself by eliminating the more than 200 daily tourist and charter flights from city-owned heliports.


2019 New York Excelsior season
The 2019 New York Excelsior season was the second season of New York Excelsior's (NYXL) existence in the Overwatch League. The season saw NYXL looking to bounce back from a disappointing loss to the Fusion in the semifinals of the 2018 playoffs after the team finished with the best regular season record, 34–6, of the 2018 season.


2019 New York Excelsior season
New York went a perfect 7–0 in Stage 1, giving them the top seed in the Atlantic Division for the Stage 1 playoffs, but a lost 1–3 to the Seoul Dynasty eliminated them in the quarterfinals. NYXL posted a 5–2 record for Stage 2 and the fifth seed for the Stage 2 Playoffs but lost in the semifinals to the Vancouver Titans by a score of 1–4. Another perfect 7–0 record in Stage 3 gave New York the top seed in the Stage 3 playoffs, but the team fell 1–3 to the Dragons in the quarterfinals. Following a 3–1 victory over the Paris Eternal on August 2, the Excelsior clinched the second seed – and the top seed in the Atlantic Division – in the 2019 playoffs. The team finished the regular season with a 22–6 record.


2019 New York Excelsior season
NYXL opened their playoffs with a decisive 4–1 victory over the London Spitfire on September 6. For their next match, they took down the Atlanta Reign, 4–2, and advanced to the winners' finals, where they faced the Vancouver Titans. A 3–4 loss to the Titans dropped New York to the lower bracket of the tournament. The Excelsior's playoff run ended in the lower bracket finals, as they were defeated by the San Francisco Shock, 0–4.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Preceding offseason, Player re-signings
From August 1 to September 9, 2018, all Overwatch League teams that competed in the 2018 season could choose to extend their team's players' contracts. In this period, Excelsior released player Song "Janus" Jun-hwa and assistant coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok, both of whom went on to sign with expansion team Washington Justice.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Preceding offseason, Free agency
All non-expansion teams could not enter the free agency period until October 8, 2018; they were able to sign members from their respective academy team and make trades until then. NYXL did not make any free agency signings in the offseason but did promote two of their academy team players. Excelsior promoted Hwang "Fl0w3R" Yeon-oh and Jeong 'Nenne" Yeon-kwan from XL2 Academy on October 29 and November 8, respectively.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
NYXL opened their first week of the 2019 season with a match against the Boston Uprising on February 14. The teams split the first two maps to head into halftime 1–1; New York then tied map three and won map four to begin their season with a 2–1 victory. Two days later, the team took on the Washington Justice. NYXL jumped to a quick 2–0 lead after winning Ilios and King's Row but were subsequently full-held on the third map Horizon Lunar Colony.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
However, with the help of some crucial plays from New York's Kim "MekO" Tae-hong on D.Va, NYXL took the last map Rialto to win the series 3–1. The following week, the Excelsior faced the Los Angeles Valiant on February 22. After four maps of play, the series was tied up 2–2, forcing the match into a fifth tiebreaker map, Ilios. Despite the Valiant taking control of the point first in each round, New York managed to ultimately win the map in two rounds, defeating the Valiant 3–2. New York next took on the Houston Outlaws two days later. NYXL dominated the Outlaws the entire match. With multiple maps being completed with an excess of 5 minutes in the time-bank while subsequently full-holding Houston, the Excelsior swept the Outlaws 4–0.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
New York's first match of week three was against the Toronto Defiant on March 1. After a close map one win on Busan, the Excelsior took map two King's Row to enter halftime up 2–0. NYXL took map three Temple of Anubis to take the series, but they dropped map four Dorado to ultimately win the match 3–1. The team then took on the Seoul Dynasty two days later. After splitting Ilios and Numbani in the first two maps of the match, New York full-held Seoul in maps three and four to take the series 3–1.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
The win secured NYXL the first playoff spot for the Stage 1 Playoffs. Looking to maintain a perfect Stage 1 record, New York faced the San Francisco Shock in their final match of Stage 1 on March 8. New York was able to sweep San Francisco 4–0, but the match was much closer than the map score showed – Busan was pushed to three rounds, Numbani was pushed to a second attack phase, Volskaya Industries was also pushed to a third attack phase, and Dorado was pushed to three rounds. With the win, New York completed a perfect 7–0 stage.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
Prior to their quarterfinal playoff match, New York transferred Hong "ArK" Yeon-jun, who had played less than 30 minutes for NYXL in the entirety of Stage 1, to Washington Justice.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
Although New York went undefeated in Stage 1, the Vancouver Titans completed the same feat but with a better map differential, so NYXL was awarded the second seed in the Stage 1 Playoffs. Excelsior faced the seventh-seeded Seoul Dynasty in the Stage 1 Quarterfinals on March 21. With strong performances by the Dynasty's main tank Hwang "Marve1" Min-seo and off-tank Kim "Zunba" Joon-hyeok, New York quickly lost the first map Ilios. The Dynasty then substituted four of their players and proceeded to take map two Hollywood, putting NYXL down 0–2 going into halftime. Map three was played on Volskaya Industries.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
The map went to overtime rounds, as both teams completed the map on their attacks; needing the map win to avoid losing the match, NYXL off-tank Kim "MekO" Tae-hong clutched out well-timed D.Va self-destruct in the final moments of the match to secure the map win and close the gap to a 1–2 match score. Seoul was able to complete the fourth map, Rialto, on their attack; NYXL needed to do the same or else they would lose the match.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 1
New York pushed their attack past the second point with over four minutes to spare, but was consistently pushed back by Seoul. In their final chance to complete the match, New York's Jeong "Nenne" Yeon-kwan on Zarya whiffed his Graviton Surge ultimate attempting to catch Choi "Michelle" Min-hyuk on Sombra, who had his EMP ultimate ready. The failed ultimate proved to be the deciding factor for the fight, as Seoul won the team fight, and NYXL was defeated 1–3.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 2
New York began Stage 2 with a match against the Philadelphia Fusion, who had eliminated NYXL in the semifinals of the 2018 playoffs. The match saw the debut of Overwatch's newest hero Baptiste in OWL. After taking both points on the first map Lijiang Tower, New York dominated the match, sweeping the Fusion 4–0. New York next took on the Shanghai Dragons two days later. NYXL continued running the standard 3-tank, 3-support meta composition, while the Dragons attempted less standard compositions throughout the match. The Excelsior took the win in the end, defeating the Dragons by a 3–0 score.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 2
In week two, NYXL took on the 1-win Washington Justice on April 11. New York found little resistance from Washington; a solid performance from Bang "JJoNak" Seong-hyun on Zenyatta pushed the Excelsior to another 4–0 victory. Three days later, the team faced another 1-win team in the Florida Mayhem. As expected, New York dominated the matchup, sweeping the Mayhem 4–0 to maintain their perfect 2019 record. The Excelsior again faced the Philadelphia Fusion on April 18. New York won the first two maps of the match to go up 2–0 before halftime. In map three, Blizzard World, New York was unable to complete the map on their attack, while Philadelphia did on their own attack, snapping NYXL's 23-map winning streak in the process. The Excelsior full-held the Fusion in the final map, Watchpoint: Gibraltar en route to winning the match 3–1.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 2
New York's final two matches were both against the Atlanta Reign. Heading into their first match on April 19, NYXL was heavily favored, as predictions had the team at a 94.4% win probability. New York found themselves down entering halftime 0–2; the third map, King's Row did not go their way either, as NYXL fell 0–3 in the match. The Excelsior took map four to end the match with a 1–3 loss, marking their first loss in the 2019 regular season. Their second matchup against the Reign was on May 4.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 2
The first map, Oasis went to three rounds, but New York was unable to secure the map win. A win on the second map, Hanamura, in overtime rounds sent the match to halftime tied up 1–1. NYXL dropped map three and won map four, sending the match to a fifth tiebreaker map, Lijiang Tower; New York did not claim a single point on the map, losing the match 2–3. With the two consecutive losses, NYXL ended the regular season of Stage 2 with a 5–2 record and the fifth seed in the Stage 2 Playoffs.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 2
New York's quarterfinal match was on May 10 against the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Gladiators. NYXL made quick work of the Gladiators, not allowing them to complete a single map, as they won in a 3–0 sweep. The win sent New York to the semifinals to face the Stage 1 champions Vancouver Titans in one of the most anticipated matches of the season. New York took the first point of map one, Busan, but failed to close out the map in the next two points, falling 0–1 in the series. The Excelsior were able to strike back in map two, Blizzard World, by completing the map and holding Vancouver to just the first point to tie the series 1–1 going into halftime. However, New York went on to lose the next three consecutive maps to lose the series 1–4.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 3
New York's first match of Stage 3 was on June 7 against the Houston Outlaws. Houston was able to take the first map off New York, but the Excelsior managed to grab the second, tying the match up 1–1 going into halftime. Coming out of halftime, the third map was won by the Outlaws, while the Excelsior won the fourth, bringing the match went to a fifth tiebreaker map. NYXL ultimately won the fifth map, taking the series 3–2. Two days later, the Excelsior faced the London Spitfire.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 3
With a dominating performance by New York's Sombra composition throughout the match, the team did not allow London to win a single map, sweeping them 4–0. The team's only match of week two was against the Paris Eternal on June 14. New York struggled at the very beginning of the first map, Nepal but quickly turned it round, taking that and the next two maps to go up 3–0. With a loss on the final map, Dorado, NYXL took the win 3–1. New York also only had one match in week three in a rematch against the London Spitfire.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 3
After splitting the first four maps, the match went to a fifth tiebreaker map, Ilios. In both points of the map, both teams were able to reach 99% control, but ultimately, NYXL won both point to take a close 3–2 victory. Week four also saw only one match for the Excelsior against the Dallas Fuel. After dropping the first two maps, New York went down 0–2 going into halftime. The team made the proper adjustments afterwards, completing a reverse sweep by taking three consecutive maps and winning the match 3–2.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 3
In the last week of the stage, the Excelsior headed to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta to play at the "Atlanta Reign Homestand Weekend". Their first match at the homestand was against the Florida Mayhem on July 6. After taking the first map, New York was able to force a tie on map two, Volskaya Industries, to enter halftime up 1–0. The final two maps went way of NYXL, as they took both and won the match by a 3–0 scoreline. The next day, NYXL took on the Toronto Defiant. The team found little resistance from the Defiant, as they went on to complete a 4–0 sweep and post another perfect 7–0 stage record.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 3
As the top seed in the Stage 3 Playoffs, the Excelsior took on the eighth-seeded Shanghai Dragons in the Stage 3 Quarterfinals. The teams split the first two maps, Oasis and Hollywood, to enter halftime tied up 1–1. As New York stuck to their standard 3-tank, 3-support composition and the Dragons countered by swapping Jin "Youngjin" Young-jin to Doomfist. Compounded with the Dragons ability to shut down main tank Kim "Mano" Dong-gyu, New York was unable to find wins in the next two maps, losing the quarterfinals by a 1–3 scoreline.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 4
The Excelsior's first match of Stage 4, along with the first match with an enforced 2-2-2 role lock by the League, was against the Los Angeles Gladiators on July 25. Despite taking map three in the matchup, the Gladiators took over the match throughout, with NYXL losing 1–3. The team's next match was against the Paris Eternal on August 2. NYXL took the first three maps to claim the win, while dropping the fourth to take a 3–1 victory over Paris. With the win, New York guaranteed themselves the top seed in the Atlantic Division for the 2019 season playoffs.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 4
Two days later, NYXL took on the Chengdu Hunters. The Hunter's Yi "Jinmu" Hu on Pharah gave New York troubles throughout the series; that, along with Chengdu's ability to dive NYXL's Jeong "Nenne" Yeon-kwan on Widowmaker, proved to be too much for the Excelsior to handle, as they were swept 0–4 for the first time in franchise history.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 4
Looking to bounce back from their recent struggles, New York faced the Hangzhou Spark on August 9. A back and forth battle sent the match to a fifth tiebreaker map, where New York would prevail and take a 3–2 victory. Two days later, the team took on the Guangzhou Charge. In the first map, Lijiang Tower, New York managed to take a point, but ultimately lost the map.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 4
That point was the last point the team would find in the entire match, as the team was full-held on Temple of Anubis, Blizzard World and Route 66 to lose 0–4 in one of the most lopsided matches in the history of the Overwatch League. In the final week of the regular season, New York head to The Novo in Los Angeles for the Kit Kat Rivalry Weekend, hosted by the Los Angeles Valiant. Their first match was against the Boston Uprising on August 24.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Regular season, Stage 4
While the Uprising were able to take a map in the match, New York came out with a 3–1 win. The team's final match of the regular season was against the Pacific Division Champions Vancouver Titans a day later. The two teams traded map wins throughout the match; after four maps the series was tied, forcing the match to a fifth map. Vancouver and New York both took a point in the final map, Lijiang Tower, but the Titans came out on top to hand NYXL 2–3 match loss.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
As the second seed in the season playoffs, New York began their playoff run with a match against the seventh-seeded London Spitfire on September 6. New York took the first map, Busan, to take a quick 1–0 lead in the series. For the second map, London selected Numbani. Both teams were able to complete the map on their respective attacks, but New York came out on top in overtime rounds to take a two-map lead.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
After a match break, the Spitfire selected Temple of Anubis for map three; again, both teams were able to complete the map on their first attacks. While London was able to take the first point on their second attack, New York's but up a solid defensive performance and prevented the Spitfire from completing the map a second time, leading to a third map win for the Excelsior. For map four, the match went to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. London took a win on the map to close the gap to 3–1. However, New York won in two rounds on Ilios to win the match in a 4–1 victory.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
Moving on the first round of the winners' bracket, NYXL next faced the sixth-seeded Atlanta Reign two days later. New York jumped to a quick lead, winning on Busan and King's Row in the first to matches, but Atlanta closed the gap after the match break, claiming a win on Hanamura. For map four, New York selected Rialto, and while the Reign nearly took that map to even the score, excellent defensive Bastion play by New York's Park "Saebyeolbe" Jong-ryeol ensured that the Reign would fall short. The Reign selected Lijiang Tower for map five and won it in two rounds, again closing the gap. However, the Excelsior closed out the series with a win on Numbani. The 4–2 win advanced the team to the winners' finals.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
For the winners' finals, the Excelsior took on the top-seeded Vancouver Titans on September 13. Titan's DPS Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong ran rampant on Doomfist in the first map, Lijiang Tower, as the Titans took a convincing map one win. New York sent the match to King's Row next; the Excelsior struck back in map two, completing the map on their attack and holding Vancouver from completing the same feat, due in part to a stellar performance by New York's DPS Kim "Libero" Hye-sung on Doomfist.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
With the series tied 1–1 coming out of a match break, Vancouver chose Temple of Anubis for the next map. Both teams managed to complete the map on their respective attacks, New York brought out an effective Bastion on their second attack, leading to a map win for the Excelsior. Titan's DPS Seo "SeoMinSoo" Min-Soo's stellar Reaper and Doomfist play, along with well-coordinated plays from Vancouver's tank line, propelled the Titans to take maps four and five, while New York struck back to tie up the series by winning map six, Numbani. For the final map, Vancouver selected Dorado; the Titans completed the map on their attack, and with a stellar defense, they held New York from doing the same. The 3–4 loss sent New York to the lower bracket.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
New York next faced the San Francisco Shock in the lower bracket finals on September 15. The match opened on Lijiang Tower with both teams opting to run an Orisa/Sigma tank composition. Both teams took a point in the map, but the Shock won on the third round to win the first map. New York sent the match to King's Row for map two; the Shock completed the map on their attack, and on their defense, they put up a stellar defensive performance, shaving off chunks New York's time bank just past the first checkpoint.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
The Excelsior managed to reach the second checkpoint, but a last-minute switch to McCree by Jay "sinatraa" Won shut down the Excelsior offense and prevented them from completing the map. For map three, New York chose Temple of Anubus. Both teams completed the map twice, sending the match to a second overtime round. While they took the first point, New York could not finish the map on their third attempt, while San Francisco managed to capture enough progress on the second point to take their third map win.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Playoffs
For what would be the final map, New York elected to send the match to Rialto. The Shock attacked first and completed the map with 3:21 reaming in their time bank. On defense, the Shock could not stop New York from reaching the first two checkpoints, but they held off the Excelsior from completing the map, handing NYXL 0–4 loss and ending their playoff run.


2019 New York Excelsior season, Final roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2019 regular season:


2019 New York Excelsior season, Awards
On May 1, Bang "JJonak" Seong-hyun was named as a starter for the 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game. A week later Kim "Pine" Do-hyeon, Jung "Anamo" Tae-Sung, Kim "Mano" Dong-Gyu, Kim "Meko" Tae-Hong, and Jeong "Nenne" Yeon-Gwan were named as reserves for the All-Star Game.


2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 84th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were announced on December 4, 2019.


2019 New York Film Festival
The 57th New York Film Festival took place from September 27 to October 13, 2019.


2019 New York Giants season
The 2019 season was the New York Giants' 95th in the National Football League (NFL), their 10th playing their home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and their second and final season under head coach Pat Shurmur, who was fired after the final game of the regular season. During the season they equaled the franchise record nine-game losing streak of the 1976 Giants, and ultimately failed to improve on their 5–11 campaign from 2018 as they finished at 4–12 in third place in the NFC East. For the first time since 1995, none of the team's players made the Pro Bowl.


2019 New York Giants season
The offseason saw some major changes to the Giants roster, with star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and veteran linebacker Olivier Vernon being traded to the Cleveland Browns, and Pro Bowl safety Landon Collins being lost to the Washington Redskins during free agency. Wide receiver Golden Tate was the biggest name signing, arriving from the Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent.


2019 New York Giants season
After suffering defeats in the opening two games of the regular season the Giants made a change at quarterback, with veteran Eli Manning being benched in favor of first-round draft selection Daniel Jones. After winning their first two games with Jones under center the Giants went on an extended losing streak, during which they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the third year in a row.


2019 New York Giants season
With Jones injured, Manning returned in Weeks 14 and 15, getting a win in the latter game to end the streak in what proved to be the final start of his 16-year career, as he announced his retirement soon after the end of the season. Manning started his last game on December 15, 2019, a 36-20 win over the Miami Dolphins.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
During the offseason the Giants made several controversial changes to their roster, headlined by the trade of star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns. The trade also sent veteran linebacker Olivier Vernon to the Browns, with the Giants receiving safety Jabrill Peppers and guard Kevin Zeitler in return, in addition to Cleveland's first-round and third-round picks in the 2019 NFL Draft. Several other starters were lost during free agency, including Pro Bowl safety Landon Collins who ultimately signed a six-year, $84 million contract with division rivals, the Washington Redskins.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
This led to public backlash by fans and the media since a week prior to the Odell trade, general manager Dave Gettleman stated he was not going to trade Odell. The biggest signing of free agency was Golden Tate, who joined on a four-year, $37.5 million contract from the Detroit Lions; he would ultimately be suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the league's performance enhancing drugs policy.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
The Beckham trade meant the Giants had two first-round picks in the 2019 draft, and they added a third during the draft in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks. With those picks, they selected Duke quarterback Daniel Jones at number 6, Clemson defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence at 17, and Georgia cornerback Deandre Baker at 30. All three made the final roster, along with five of the Giants other seven draft selections.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
However the Daniel Jones pick created more controversy as fans and the media criticized Gettleman on picking Jones too high as they believed Jones would be available with the 17th overall pick or later rounds. This led to the Giants not picking fan favorite prospect Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins, who was a lifelong Giants fan who was drafted by the Washington Redskins with the 15th overall pick.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
After losing the opening two games of the regular season against the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills, head coach Pat Shurmur announced that the Giants would be making a change at quarterback, with rookie Daniel Jones replacing 16-year veteran Eli Manning as the starter for the week 3 game at Tampa Bay. Jones threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more as he led the Giants to victory, overcoming an 18-point deficit at half time and having lost star running back Saquon Barkley to injury in the second quarter.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
It was the Giants first win after being 18 or more points behind at half-time since 1949, and the second largest comeback in NFL history by a rookie quarterback making their first start. After MRI scans the following day, it was announced that Barkley had suffered a high right ankle sprain that would keep him out for four to eight weeks.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
The Giants moved to 2-2 for the season with victory over the Washington Redskins the following week, but then suffered back-to-back defeats against the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots before Barkley returned sooner than expected for the week six match-up against the Arizona Cardinals. His return did not improve the team's fortunes as they lost their next two games to reach the midpoint of the regular season at 2-6. Prior to the NFL trade deadline, on October 29 the Giants sought to improve their struggling defense by trading for Leonard Williams from the New York Jets. It was the first time in NFL history the two organizations had completed a trade.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
Further injury problems affected the team with starting wide receiver Sterling Shepard suffering from ongoing concussion symptoms that could be potentially career threatening. Having suffered a concussion during the week 1 game against the Dallas Cowboys, he suffered another during the week 5 game against the Minnesota Vikings and had been out since then, being put back into concussion protocol prior to the week 9 loss to the Cowboys.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
He was joined on the sidelines by starting center Jon Halapio, starting right tackle Mike Remmers and starting tight end Evan Engram, who would ultimately sit out the rest of the season. Starting left tackle Nate Solder and starting cornerback Janoris Jenkins then suffered concussions during the week 10 game against the New York Jets, as the Giants suffered their sixth straight defeat and entered their bye week in third place in the NFC East at 2-8.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
The Giants losing streak continued after their bye with defeats against two NFC North opponents, the Chicago Bears in week 12 and Green Bay Packers in week 13, that firstly confirmed a third straight losing season and then put them out of contention for the playoffs. During the Packers game Jones suffered a high ankle sprain and, although he was able to finish the game, he would be ruled out of the following week's divisional match-up against the Eagles paving the way for Eli Manning to return as the starting quarterback.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
On his return Manning led the Giants to a healthy 17-3 halftime lead, linking up with rookie wide receiver Darius Slayton for two touchdowns, but he was unable to get the offense moving at all in the second half as the Eagles scored 14 unanswered points before snatching victory in overtime. With the loss the Giants tied the franchise record of nine consecutive defeats set in 1976. After calling a fan a "retard" on Twitter on the Wednesday following the game, and later failing to satisfactorily apologize, Jenkins was waived with an injury designation on December 13, 2019; he was claimed off waivers by the New Orleans Saints.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
With Jones remaining on the sidelines in week 15, Manning continued as the starter as the Giants finally snapped their nine game losing streak by defeating the Miami Dolphins 36–20. It was seen by many as a fitting farewell for Manning in what was his final start at Metlife Stadium. Jones returned to the starting lineup in Week 16 against the Redskins in a match up between rookie QBs in Dwayne Haskins and Daniel Jones.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
Jones threw for a career high 352 yards and five touchdowns while Saquon Barkley rushed for a career high 189 yards and caught 4 passes with 90 receiving yards and two touchdowns as the Giants won 41–35 in overtime, sweeping the Redskins for the first time since 2014. On December 30, 2019, the day after a 34–17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 17 left the team with a losing 4–12 record for the season, head coach Pat Shurmur was fired.


2019 New York Giants season, Season summary
Following the end of the season, Eli Manning announced his retirement.


2019 New York Giants season, Player movements, Undrafted free agents
The Giants signed a number of undrafted free agents. Unless stated otherwise, they were signed on May 2, 2019.


2019 New York Giants season, Player movements, Practice squad
Having been cut as the roster was trimmed to the 53-man limit on August 31, Reggie White, Jr., Jon Hilliman, C. J. Conrad, Josiah Tauaefa, Jake Carlock, Evan Brown, Freedom Akinmoladun and Chris Slayton were resigned to the practice squad alongside new signings Corn Elder and David Sills V. On September 18, 2019, Conrad was released and running back Austin Walter was signed to replace him. Following an injury to starting running back Saquon Barkley in week 3, Hilliman was signed to the active roster on September 26. On October 1, Tauaefa was signed to the active roster and the Giants filled out their practice squad by signing wide receiver Da'Mari Scott, who had been with the team during the offseason, and linebacker Devante Downs.


2019 New York Giants season, Player movements, Practice squad
With backup running back Wayne Gallman joining Barkley on the sidelines, Walter was signed to the active roster on October 10, prior to the week 6 matchup against New England. Hilliman was resigned to the practice squad on October 15, 2019 having been waived following the New England game. On October 22, 2019 Downs was signed to the active roster; the place was filled by Tuzar Skipper, who had been waived on the same day. On October 30, 2019 Carlock was released, with punter Sean Smith being signed to replace him the following day. Smith was released on November 5, Safety Sean Chandler was signed to the practice squad on November 6, the day after he was waived from the active roster.


2019 New York Giants season, Player movements, Practice squad
On November 9, with the Giants struggling with injuries to several members of the offensive line, Brown was signed to the active roster. On November 12, Elder was signed by the Carolina Panthers. Later that day, White and Akinmoladun were released and the open spots on the practice squad were filled by tight end Garrett Dickerson, wide receiver Alex Bachman and long-snapper Colin Holba. On November 13, Brown was re-signed. On November 20, Skipper was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers, with cornerback Derrick Baity filling the vacancy on the practice squad. On November 27, Scott was promoted to the active roster, and White was re-signed. On November 30, Holba was promoted to the active roster.


2019 New York Giants season, Player movements, Practice squad
On December 4, Brown was signed by the Miami Dolphins. On December 5, the Giants signed rookie center Tanner Volson, and ex-Panthers safety Rashaan Gaulden to the fill the vacant spots on the practice squad. On December 7, Chandler was re-signed to the active roster, replacing Jabrill Peppers, who was placed on injured reserve. On December 11, Sean Smith was re-signed to fill the vacancy. On December 17, Sills was signed the active roster, and tackle Nate Wozniak was signed to the practice squad. The following day, Gaulden was promoted and defensive end Kevin Wilkins was added to the practice squad. On December 24, Smith was released and full back George Aston signed to replace him on the roster. Slayton and Dickerson were promoted to the active roster on December 27 and 28 respectively.


2019 New York Giants season, Player movements, Practice squad, Reserve/Futures
Following the end of the season all eight remaining practice squad members (Aston, Bachman, Baity, Hilliman, Volson, White, Jr., Wilkins and Wozniak) were signed to reserve/futures contracts along with Conrad and Smith, who had both been with the Giants earlier in the season, and long snapper Drew Scott.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys
For the third consecutive season, the Giants began at 0-1. This was their fifth consecutive loss to the Cowboys. First round pick Daniel Jones made his NFL debut in the late stages of a blowout loss.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Buffalo Bills
With the loss, the Giants fell to 0-2. This game is notable for being Eli Manning's final start before being benched in favor of rookie Daniel Jones.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rookie quarterback Daniel Jones made his first career start ahead of 16-year veteran Eli Manning. The Giants emerged victorious after erasing an 18-point deficit thanks to 336 passing yards and four total touchdowns from Jones, including the game-winning rushing touchdown on 4th and 5 with 1:16 to play. Tampa Bay still had a chance to win, but missed a game-winning field goal. With their first win of the 2019 season, the Giants improved to 1–2, though star running back Saquon Barkley left the game after spraining his ankle.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins
Jones threw one touchdown pass in his second career win and the Giants improved to 2-2. Safety Jabrill Peppers also picked off Redskins rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins and scored a touchdown to seal the victory.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Daniel Jones was outmatched by the Vikings defense and the Giants fell to 2-3, their first of a franchise record 9 losses in a row.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at New England Patriots
Daniel Jones connected with wide receiver Golden Tate on a 64-yard strike, which was the first passing touchdown the Patriots allowed in 2019. Second year linebacker Lorenzo Carter stripped Tom Brady which the Giants scored on the ensuing fumble tying the game 14-14. Both teams showed off stout defensive play as both offenses struggled to gain any traction moving the ball through the first 3 quarters until the Patriots broke through in the 4th and iced the game 35-14.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Despite Saquon Barkley returning from injury, the Giants quickly fell in a 17-0 deficit which proved to be too much to overcome despite clawing back in the game. Backup running back Chase Edmonds scored 3 touchdowns for the Cardinals in the loss and the Giants fell to 2-5.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Detroit Lions
Daniel Jones threw 4 touchdown passes for the first time in his career, but had a key fumble in the 2nd quarter which former Giant Devon Kennard scored on. The defense also had few answers for Matthew Stafford, and the Giants fell to 2-6.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Giants fell to 2-7 and lost their 6th consecutive game to the Cowboys. This game is famous for being interrupted by a stray black cat in the 2nd quarter, which the media pointed out put a hex on both the Giants and the Cowboys. The Giants blew a 12-3 lead and would go 2-6 in their second half of the season, while the Cowboys squandered their 5-3 record after this game and finished the season 3-5 to finish 8-8 and miss the playoffs. Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett was not retained by the Cowboys for the 2020 season and was subsequently hired as the Giants offensive coordinator.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New York Jets
Like with Detroit, Daniel Jones threw for 4 touchdown passes but was stripped on a key play where Jamal Adams scored for the Jets. The Giants defense blew a 4th quarter lead and lost their 2nd game in a row to the Jets.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Chicago Bears
Both offense were anemic, and the Giants dropped to 2-9 and suffered their third straight losing season. Kicker Aldrick Rosas missed 2 field goals in the 5-point loss.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers
The loss would eliminate the Giants from playoff contention for the third straight season. Daniel Jones threw 3 interceptions and suffered an ankle injury.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles
Week 14 featured Eli Manning taking over for an injured Daniel Jones against the injury-ravaged Philadelphia Eagles. Following a scoreless first quarter, Manning delivered a 35-yard touchdown pass to Darius Slayton on the first play of the second to put New York up 7–0. After the teams traded field goals, Manning would throw another touchdown pass to Slayton, this time from 55 yards, to build the Giants' lead to 17–3 before halftime. However, the offense would fall silent in the second half, going three-and-out on four of six possessions and putting up just 30 yards total offense.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles would take advantage and score 14 unanswered points over the final two-quarters to force overtime. After the Eagles won the overtime coin toss, the Giants defense failed to slow Philadelphia down, and the Eagles prevailed on Carson Wentz's second touchdown pass of the night to Zach Ertz. With this loss, the Giants dropped to 2–11 on the year, and matched a franchise-worst nine-game losing streak. Furthermore, the loss marked the first time that the Giants trailed the Eagles in their all-time series. It also marked the first time since 2006 a Eagles-Giants game would go to overtime.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Miami Dolphins
With the win, the Giants snapped their nine-game losing streak and improved to 3-11. The game was also Eli Manning's final appearance as the Giants' starting quarterback. He threw his final touchdown to rookie Darius Slayton and his final pass, a completion to Sterling Shepard. He was removed from the game by backup Alex Tanney to a standing ovation from the fans and family in attendance. Manning would later announce his retirement on January 22, 2020 and had his number retired by the Giants 2 days later.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Miami Dolphins
Manning finished his professional football career, all with the Giants, with a 117-117 record as a starter and 8-4 in playoff games. His 4,895/8,119 with 57,023 passing yards, 366 touchdowns and 244 interceptions are all franchise records. He also retired 7th in NFL history in passing yards and touchdown passes.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Washington Redskins
With Daniel Jones back in the lineup for New York, the Giants withstood a late rally by the rival Redskins and improved to 4-11 with the overtime victory. Daniel Jones become the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for 300 yards, 5 touchdowns, and no turnovers in a single game. The win also made the Giants finish in third place in the NFC East, marking the first time since 2016 in which the Giants did not finish last in the division. This was the last time Washington played against the Giants as the Redskins, as they would change their name before the 2020 season.


2019 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Giants finished 4-12 with the loss, their seventh straight against the Eagles dating back to the 2016 season. Head coach Pat Shurmur was dismissed on the Monday following the game, along with most of his staff. Shurmur finished with a 9-23 record in his two seasons coaching the team.